James A. Birchler

20.5k citations

294 papers · 14.6k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 58

Plant Science top 0.05%
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations 201
- Plant Virus Research Studies 66
- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics 57
- Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies 33
Genetics top 0.2%
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals 55
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 52
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 42
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration 41
Aging top 2%
Horticulture top 5%

Co-authors: Reiner A. Veitia Utpal Bhadra Fangpu Han Jonathan C. Lamb Marjori Matzke Manika Pal‐Bhadra Donald L. Auger Akio Kato
Cited by: Plant Science Genetics Molecular Biology
Partner nations: United States China France

In The Last Decade

James A. Birchler

291 papers receiving 14.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 The multiple fates of gene duplications: Deletion, hypofunctionalization, subfunctionalization, neofunctionalization, dosage balance constraints, and neutral variation
2012 Gene balance hypothesis: Connecting issues of dosage sensitivity across biological disciplines
2005 RNAi-mediated pathways in the nucleus
2004 Heterochromatic Silencing and HP1 Localization in Drosophila Are Dependent on the RNAi Machinery
2003 Understanding mechanisms of novel gene expression in polyploids

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1	Duckweed genomes and epigenomes underlie triploid hybridization and clonal reproduction Evan Ernst,Bradley W. Abramson,Kenneth Acosta,Hoang Thi Nhu Phuong,Cristian Mateo,Veit Schubert,Buntora Pasaribu,Patrice S. Albert,Nolan T. Hartwick,Kelly Colt,Anthony Aylward,Umamaheswari Ramu,James A. Birchler,Ingo Schubert,Eric Lam,Todd P. Michael,Robert A. Martienssen	2025	7
2	When is it subfunctionalization and when is it not? James A. Birchler	2024	1
3	Transgenic direct terminal repeats of Dissociation (Ds) produce chromosomal breakage in maize Lakshminarasimhan Krishnaswamy,Changzeng Zhao,Patrice S. Albert,Zhi Gao,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Jacob A. Kelly,Hua Yang,James A. Birchler	2023	2
4	The non-Mendelian behavior of plant B chromosomes Jianyong Chen,James A. Birchler,Andreas Houben	2022	23
5	Predominantly inverse modulation of gene expression in genomically unbalanced disomic haploid maize Hua Yang,Xiaowen Shi,Chen Chen,Jie Hou,Tieming Ji,Jianlin Cheng,James A. Birchler	2021	21
6	Genomic imbalance determines positive and negative modulation of gene expression in diploid maize Xiaowen Shi,Hua Yang,Chen Chen,Jie Hou,Katherine M. Hanson,Patrice S. Albert,Tieming Ji,Jianlin Cheng,James A. Birchler	2021	21
7	Genomic Balance and Speciation James A. Birchler,Reiner A. Veitia	2019	5
8	Hybrid Decay: A Transgenerational Epigenetic Decline in Vigor and Viability Triggered in Backcross Populations of Teosinte with Maize Wei Xue,Sarah N. Anderson,Xufeng Wang,Liyan Yang,Peter A. Crisp,Qing Li,Jaclyn M Noshay,Patrice S. Albert,James A. Birchler,Paul Bilinski,Michelle C. Stitzer,Jeffrey Ross‐Ibarra,Sherry Flint-García,Xuemei Chen,Nathan M. Springer,John Doebley	2019	8
9	The Plant CellIntroduces Breakthrough Reports: A New Forum for Cutting-Edge Plant Research Sabeeha Merchant,Sebastian Y. Bednarek,James A. Birchler,George Coupland,Nancy A. Eckardt,Pascal Genschik,Jean T. Greenberg,Joseph J. Kieber,Daniel J. Kliebenstein,Barry J. Pogson,David Smyth	2015	0
10	Aluminum tolerance in maize is associated with higher MATE1 gene copy number Lyza Maron,C. T. Guimarães,Matias Kirst,Patrice S. Albert,James A. Birchler,Peter J. Bradbury,Edward S. Buckler,Alison Coluccio,Tatiana V. Danilova,David Kudrna,J. V. de Magalhães,Miguel A. Piñeros,Michael C. Schatz,Rod A. Wing,Leon V. Kochian	2013	222
11	Plant centromere biology. Jiming Jiang,James A. Birchler	2013	10
12	Plant cytogenetics : genome structure and chromosome function Hank W. Bass,James A. Birchler	2012	12
13	Heterosis-What art thou? James A. Birchler	2012	1
14	Distinct DNA methylation patterns associated with active and inactive centromeres of the maize B chromosome Dal‐Hoe Koo,Fangpu Han,James A. Birchler,Jiming Jiang	2011	53
15	The gene balance hypothesis: implications for gene regulation, quantitative traits and evolution James A. Birchler,Reiner A. Veitia	2009	232
16	Heterochromatic Silencing and HP1 Localization in Drosophila Are Dependent on the RNAi Machinerybreakdown → Manika Pal‐Bhadra,Boris A. Leibovitch,Sumit G. Gandhi,Madhusudana Rao,Utpal Bhadra,James A. Birchler,Sarah C. R. Elgin	2004	536
17	Dosage-Dependent Gene Regulation in Multicellular Eukaryotes: Implications for Dosage Compensation, Aneuploid Syndromes, and Quantitative Traits James A. Birchler,Utpal Bhadra,Manika Pal Bhadra,Donald L. Auger	2001	281
18	Molecular characterization of a maize B chromosome centric sequence. M. R. Alfenito,James A. Birchler	1993	191
19	Interactions among modifiers of retrotransposon-induced alleles of thewhitelocus ofDrosophila melanogaster Léonard Rabinow,James A. Birchler	1990	7
20	A further cytogenetic localization of bz2. Kathleen J. Newton,James A. Birchler	1980	2

About James A. Birchler

James A. Birchler is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Molecular Biology, having authored 294 papers that have together received 14.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (201 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (66 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (57 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (55 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (52 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (42 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (41 papers) and Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies (33 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (11.0k citations), Genetics (4.0k citations) and Molecular Biology (9.1k citations). James A. Birchler has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and France. Frequent co-authors include Reiner A. Veitia, Utpal Bhadra, Fangpu Han, Jonathan C. Lamb, Marjori Matzke, Manika Pal‐Bhadra, Donald L. Auger, Akio Kato, Nicole C. Riddle and Jiming Jiang.

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